The Meaning of squib

• (a.) A little pipe, or hollow cylinder of paper, filled with powder or combustible matter, to be thrown into the air while burning, so as to burst there with a crack.
• (a.) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.
• (a.) A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay.
• (a.) A writer of lampoons.
• (a.) A paltry fellow.
• (v. i.) To throw squibs; to utter sarcatic or severe reflections; to contend in petty dispute; as, to squib a little debate.

Homophones

squibb

Rhymes

bub , bubb , chubb , club , clubb , cub , drub , dub , grub , grubb , hub , jubb , nightclub , nub , pub , rub , scrub , shrub , snub , strub , strubbe , stub , stubbe , sub , tub , tubb , washtub